Malignant Neoplasms of Brain Clinical Trial
— ACTIVATeOfficial title:
A Complementary Trial of an Immunotherapy Vaccine Against Tumor-Specific EGFRvIII
Verified date | October 2015 |
Source | Duke University |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | United States: Food and Drug Administration |
Study type | Interventional |
RATIONALE: Vaccines made from a peptide may help the body build an effective immune response
to kill tumor cells. Colony-stimulating factors, such as GM-CSF, increase the number of
white blood cells and platelets found in bone marrow or peripheral blood. Giving vaccine
therapy after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well vaccine therapy works in treating patients
with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme.
Status | Active, not recruiting |
Enrollment | 40 |
Est. completion date | December 2016 |
Est. primary completion date | January 2012 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | Both |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Histologically confirmed newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme - Has undergone prior gross total resection (GTR) followed by conformal radiotherapy* with or without concurrent chemotherapy - GTR is defined as = 95% volumetric resection of the contrast-enhancing component on the preoperative MRI - Residual radiographic contrast enhancement on post-resection CT scan or MRI must be = 1 cm in maximal diameter in any two perpendicular axial planes - No evidence of disease progression after completion of radiotherapy* NOTE: *Patients may enroll in part 2 of the study within 2 weeks after surgery; these patients will receive radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy during the study - EGFRvIII-positive tumor by immunohistochemistry, polymerase chain reaction, or related molecular techniques - Karnofsky performance status 80-100% - Curran group status I-IV - Signed informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: - Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) < 1,000/mm³ - Platelet count < 50,000/mm³ - Prothrombin Time/Partial Thromboplastin Time (PT/PTT) > 1.5 times normal - Positive hepatitis B (HB) surface antigen (HbsAg), antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs), and antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) - Pregnant or nursing - Positive pregnancy test - Active infection requiring treatment - Unexplained febrile illness (T max > 101.5 F) - Inflammatory bowel disease, lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, or other autoimmune disease - Known immunosuppressive disease - Known HIV infection - Diffuse leptomeningeal disease - Unstable or severe concurrent medical condition, such as severe heart and lung disease or active hepatitis - Demonstrated allergy to temozolomide or inability to tolerate temozolomide for reasons other than lymphopenia - Concurrent corticosteroids (except for nasal or inhaled steroids) at a dose above physiologic levels (> 2 mg of dexamethasone/day). |
Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Duke University Medical Center | Durham | North Carolina |
United States | M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas | Houston | Texas |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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John Sampson | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) |
United States,
Sampson JH, Aldape KD, Archer GE, Coan A, Desjardins A, Friedman AH, Friedman HS, Gilbert MR, Herndon JE, McLendon RE, Mitchell DA, Reardon DA, Sawaya R, Schmittling R, Shi W, Vredenburgh JJ, Bigner DD, Heimberger AB. Greater chemotherapy-induced lymphope — View Citation
Sampson JH, Heimberger AB, Archer GE, Aldape KD, Friedman AH, Friedman HS, Gilbert MR, Herndon JE 2nd, McLendon RE, Mitchell DA, Reardon DA, Sawaya R, Schmittling RJ, Shi W, Vredenburgh JJ, Bigner DD. Immunologic escape after prolonged progression-free su — View Citation
Schmittling RJ, Archer GE, Mitchell DA, Heimberger A, Pegram C, Herndon JE 2nd, Friedman HS, Bigner DD, Sampson JH. Detection of humoral response in patients with glioblastoma receiving EGFRvIII-KLH vaccines. J Immunol Methods. 2008 Nov 30;339(1):74-81. d — View Citation
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Humoral and Cellular Immune Response | Number of patients that developed a delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response at following vaccination. Any skin reaction in response to the intradermal injection of the antigen was measured and recorded. A positive skin test was defined as > 5 mm induration (swelling). | 26 months | No |
Primary | Clinical Efficacy of Vaccination, in Terms of Progression-free Survival (PFS) | Time in months from the start of study treatment to the date of first progression according to Macdonald criteria, or to death due to any cause. Patients alive who had not progressed as of the last follow-up had PFS censored at the last follow-up date. Median PFS was estimated using a Kaplan-Meier curve. Macdonald criteria are standard criteria in neuro-oncology. Tumor assessment was made according to the adapted MacDonald criteria based on the combined evaluation of: 1) assessment of the MRI scan for measurable, evaluable, and new lesions (made by the independent external expert too), 2) overall assessment of neurological performance (made by the investigator), 3) concomitant steroid use (as reported by the investigator). |
58 months | No |
Secondary | Response to Vaccination | The objective is to assess the duration of immunosuppressive cytokine secretion and to identify a receptive interval for active immunotherapy. Immunosuppression will determined by monitoring a panel of immunosuppressive serum/plasma cytokines longitudinally and by determining the response of each patient to Recombivax Hepatitis B (HB) vaccination. Response is defined as seropositive or seronegative to the Hepatitis B surface antigen. | 26 months | No |
Secondary | Toxicity to PEP-3 Vaccine Immunization | To assess for any potential toxicity to the PEP-3 vaccine immunization in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma, Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 3.0 was used to tabulate any toxicities attributable to PEP-3. The number of patients with toxicity attributable to vaccine while on study are tabulated. | 26 months | Yes |
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